A passenger jet collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington Wednesday night.

The collision occurred around 9 p.m. EST on Wednesday when the jet was making it's approach to Reagan National Airport, according to local officials.

Sixty-seven people died in a collision between a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines and a military Black Hawk helicopter.

Leaders across the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region, as well as federal lawmakers, are reacting to the tragic American Airlines plane crash near DCA.

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is closed, according to an FAA alert posted Wednesday night. A ground stop will prevent planes from landing at the airport through at least 5 a.m. Thursday morning,

There were around 60 people aboard the regional passenger plane before it crashed with a helicopter on Wednesday, Jan. 29

As the American Eagle Flight 5342, a CRJ jet, approached the helicopter, the tower controller asked the helicopter pilot if he had the CRJ in sight. The helicopter pilot cannot be heard responding to the question before the two aircraft collided.

Air traffic controller audio TIME retrieved from LiveATC.net revealed what happened moments before the collision. The tower had cleared the plane for landing on Runway 33, but just seconds before the crash, an air traffic operator asked the helicopter—with radio call sign PAT 25—if the commercial jet—referred to as the CRJ—was in sight.

The husband of a passenger on board a flight which collided with an Army helicopter near Washington DC has shared his wife's heartbreaking final text. American Airlines flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, had been due to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when horror struck on Wednesday night (January 29).

US Vice President JD Vance has taken to social media to share his thoughts and prayers after the horrific Potomac River plane crash that took place on Wednesday night